On the relevance of facilitation in alpine meadow communities: An experimental assessment with multiple species differing in their ecological optimum

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-113

  Wang, Youshi ^a   Chu, Chengjin ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^b   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Competition; Facilitation; Species specific responses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MEADOW; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TOLERANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 38649127561     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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